PASSIONFLOWERS for the 2008 SEASON PASSIONFLOWERS: Some remarkable for spectacular blossoms, others for ornamental foliage, and yet others for edible fruit--constituting a considerable range of types! Thus, we offer an introductory cross section selection in our PASSIONFLOWER COLLECTION as Stock #99325 for 5 labeled plants @ PRICE: $25.00. If you want a particular hybrid or species or cultivar, you MUST order it individually as this collections's extremely low price reflects our ability to send you a selection (which changes weekly) of the very best plants available on the day we pack your order. 99582 PASSION FLOWERS. John Vanderplank. New Edition just out. The essential large format book for the enthusiast and the collector of the genus Passiflora, its species, varieties, and hybrids. This expanded edition brings the total number of species & hybrids documented to over 150, and brings the number of excellent color photos to 120 along with some 257 species. The text for each entry is excellent, including exact descriptions of habitat, range, local names & uses, flower & fruit descriptions, etc. A 224 page bargain now in paperback for PRICE: $49.50 plus PRICE: $6.50 shipping. 40730 PASSIFLORA ALATO-CAERULEA [HYB] PAS TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 Fragrant 4" flowers of pink with purple, white & blue. Old hyb formerly known as 'pfordtii,' the "Orchid Passionflower" which retains winter foliage. 54413 PASSIFLORA BIFLORA [LUNATA] PAS TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 Called "Guate-Guate" in Panama, this vigorous vine has lovely winged leaves like petite boomerangs and pairs of white blossoms with vanilla-mauve corona filaments. 57448 PASSIFLORA BLUE BOUQUET (BOUTIQUE) PAS TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Beautiful large flowered blue passion flowers hybridized from the caerulea group. 54481 PASSIFLORA CAERULEA CAERULEA PASS GH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Blue Passionflower" with white for emphasis; orangeskinned fruit with somewhat insipid grenadine colored pulp. Vigorous Granadilla habit--considered root hardy in Zone 7--but not tested by us. 40731 PASSIFLORA CAERULEA CONSTANCE ELLIOTT PAS CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Deeply lobed fingered foliage upstaged by pure "White Passionflower" blooms prolifically produced; considered very cold hardy. Root hardy in our Z6b 54041 PASSIFLORA CITRINA PAS TGH HP PRICE: $ 10.00 Beautiful small vine originally collected by MacDougal in pine forests of Honduras & Guatemala; patterned small three lobed lvs beautifully complement the bright small yellow fls, so freely produced & beloved of hummingbirds. Good reputation for blooming on the sunny windowsill. 40723 PASSIFLORA CORIACEA PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 Sold Out until late Fall 2008. "Bat Wing Passion Flower" Silver mottled, angled, wing-like waxy leaves overshadow the subtle small green & chocolate blossoms; unique, easy vine as a houseplant or greenhouse subject grown essentially for the beautiful foliage. 40729 PASSIFLORA CUSPIDIFOLIA [WATERMELON LEAF] PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 "Watermelon Leaf" with elongated deep purple-green oval leaves with striking straw colored nearly parallel veins giving a striped effect. Small statured, thus a perfect houseplant or light gardening subject as the foliage remains small scaled/statured; popular trained on wire topiaries. Please check for availability before ordering this dimunitive species. 81152 PASSIFLORA INCARNATA PAS HT CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Hardy Passion Flower" Native with yellow edible fruit (especially used in jams) following the beautifully dramatic pale lavender flowers with pink-purple coronas. Always very late to emerge from the ground late spring, thus called the "Maypop" locally as it usually can be noted to "pop up in May" in our southern Ohio climate. We much prefer to mail this to you once it has started its growth cycle so that it will grow easily once you plant it out. Folk remedy texts list this as a remedy for spasms, headaches, asthma, and shingles! What you apply and how remains foggy. 40734 PASSIFLORA INCENSE [HYB] PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Hybrid of P. incarnata x P. cincinnata. Many large deep rich purple flowers some 6" across with considerable fragrance; with purple stripes on the corona filliments. The green fruit is deemed edible. We have never noted any winter growth; vigorous grower with a good reputation for outdoor hardiness even up into northern zones. 42999 PASSIFLORA LADY MARGARET PAS CGH TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Strong vine with readily produced dramatic blossoms a deep raspberry maroon red with lovely white filaments. Attractive lobed foliage; this hybrid of coccinea with caerulea gives good positive feedback to the beginner. 40726 PASSIFLORA QUADRANGULARIS PAS HP TGH 12.00 NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL FALL. "Granadilla" Large square stems carry large red, white and purple flowers followed by edible yellow-green pulpy fruit. But these beautiful blossoms will need considerable exposure to nature in order to become pollinated, then add warm soil and full sun. We have had fruit produced by vines escaping the greenhouse and resting in full sun ON the roof. If you do not have significant space and full sun, this will be very frustrating. 54415 PASSIFLORA SANGUINOLENTA PAS TGH HP PRICE: $ 8.25 Hybrid of subpeltata with buonapartea with seed parent's beautiful lime lined foliage; mauve banded white flowers; pale yellow fruit. A delicate appearance. 40724 PASSIFLORA SUBEROSA PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.00 "Passion Plums" Teardrop leaves shield delicate fringed flowers followed by decorative bright blue pearl-sized fruit. Ramps about freely forming extended corky barked vines. We formerly offered this incorrectly as P. malaforma ligularis [hort]. 40724 PASSIFLORA TRIFASCIATA PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 18.00 "Three-banded Passion Vine" Tri-lobed lvs patterned in pink, silver, olive & bronze; fringed yellow & cream fls. lovely, if small. Odd scent glands on underleaf. Delicate appearance. 40736 PASSIFLORA VITIFOLIA PAS TGH CGH PRICE: $ 6.50 "Grape Leaf Passionflower" Lobed, toothed leaves foil richly scented vermilion flowers with scarlet corona. Fragrant fruit. A vigorous vine easily producing showy scarlet fls among the papery foliage. Superior in flower & ease of culture to P. coccinea in northern greenhouses. 40739 PAVONIA HASTATA MAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 7.50 "Fairy Hibiscus" Small-statured South American shrublet with small haired hastate leaves and many lovely mallow flowers of delicate tissue pink with a scarlet eye--if not warm and sunny, will form cleistogamous flowers in winter. Excellent in cool window or potted under lights. Becoming popular as a summertime patio container subject and a natural for topiary. 40948 PAVONIA (TRIPLOCHLAMYS) MULTIFLORA MAL CGH PRICE: $ 18.00 Unusual Hibiscus cousin: attractive dark lance leaves along woody upright stems with remarkable blossoms: impressive whorled brilliantly red incurved bracts overwhelm the solt reddish purple petals and blue anthers. In high demand. 51748 PAVONIA SPINIFEX MAL CGH HH PRICE: $ 4.25 Seldom available shrubby Hibiscus cousin with attractive oblong leaves and lemon yellow flowers with elaborate bracts; best blooms in greenhouse environment during the winter up north; also a distinctive addition to summertime urns and tropical beds..While not really a solo act, will swell the chorus nicely. The Devil's Backbones, or the Pedilanthus species, are always popular and there are new varieties now! 67354 PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES MARBLESTEM EUP HP TGH EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 "Marbled Devil's Backbone" The zig-zag stems are richly marbled ivory-cream; the same vigorous growth rate and the same "Red Bird" bill-shaped red inflorescenceorescenceorescense of the species form. 67355 PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES NANUS EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.75 Very choice miniature: the tiny leathery black-green leaves tightly line the congested shiny stems in two stiff rows; outstanding, handsome houseplant; Venezuelan form shown to great advantage in a small bonsai pot. We intend to have sufficient plants underway this season to fill orders for multiples of this astoundingly popular cultivar. 67356 PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES SMALLII EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 "Boatleaved Devil's Backbone" Arched zig-zagging stems sport cupped, creamy ochre-edged reduced leaves (leaves thicker and much smaller than 'Variegata' clone); small-statured rarely available variety from Brazil--we have never observed any flowering. Self branches to form a very strong visual presence. 58715 PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES SPLISH SPLASH EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 15.00 "Marbled Devil's Backbone" New from Thailand, this clone not only has strongly striped zig zag stems, but heavily textured ivory leaves splashed and marbled with intense deep green. We hope to keep up with the demand this season--it was astoundingly sought after last season.
PASSIONFLOWERS: Some remarkable for spectacular blossoms, others for ornamental foliage, and yet others for edible fruit--constituting a considerable range of types! Thus, we offer an introductory cross section selection in our PASSIONFLOWER COLLECTION as Stock #99325 for 5 labeled plants @ PRICE: $25.00. If you want a particular hybrid or species or cultivar, you MUST order it individually as this collections's extremely low price reflects our ability to send you a selection (which changes weekly) of the very best plants available on the day we pack your order. 99582 PASSION FLOWERS. John Vanderplank. New Edition just out. The essential large format book for the enthusiast and the collector of the genus Passiflora, its species, varieties, and hybrids. This expanded edition brings the total number of species & hybrids documented to over 150, and brings the number of excellent color photos to 120 along with some 257 species. The text for each entry is excellent, including exact descriptions of habitat, range, local names & uses, flower & fruit descriptions, etc. A 224 page bargain now in paperback for PRICE: $49.50 plus PRICE: $6.50 shipping.
58715 PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES SPLISH SPLASH EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 15.00 "Marbled Devil's Backbone" New from Thailand, this clone not only has strongly striped zig zag stems, but heavily textured ivory leaves splashed and marbled with intense deep green. We hope to keep up with the demand this season--it was astoundingly sought after last season.
67357 PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES VARIEGATUS EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Variegated Devil's Backbone" Gray-green zig-zagged stems arch and bend under large puckered fleshy leaves margined in bright clear white; red bird beak/bill-shaped blossoms appear if grown in full sun in a cool (not freezing) winter greenhouse, or in a garden on the banks of the Rio Grande. Much larger statured, less self-branching than 'Smallii.'
PELARGONIUMS: Some remarkable for spectacular blossoms, others for ornamental foliage, and yet others for scented leaves--constituting a considerable range of types! Remember that all these need full sun in order to bloom well. Our GERANIUM COLLECTION is drawn from dwarf, variegated, scented, rare zonal , stellar, trailing & species as Stock #99041 for 5 labeled plants--@ PRICE: $14.00. For those chiefly interested in scented foliage & winter bloom, we offer the GERANIUM--SCENTED TYPES COLLECTION as Stock # 99437 for a scented potpouri of 5 plants @ PRICE: $14.00
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